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prevent win 10 recomended upgrade tuesday 9th feb

by247computerdoctor
173
win 10 forced upgrade next week.
so they finally did it. as of tuesday, its a recommended update, …
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PING

Test IP Addresses with PING

byJoe Winograd
45
An Experts Exchange member requires a utility that accepts a file with a list of IP addresses and PINGs each of the addresses in the list. If there are any failures, the utility sends an email containing the IP addresses and error messages of all the failed PINGs. This article presents a solution.
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Cloning a Hard Drive with Casper 5m

Cloning a Hard Drive with Casper

byJoe Winograd
36
This video Micro Tutorial explains how to clone a hard drive using a commercial software product for…
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Microsoft Issues Emergency Out-Of-Band Update to Fix "Crazy …

byJackie Man
1
Microsoft Issues Emergency Out-Of-Band Update to Fix "Crazy Bad" Vulnerability
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AutoHotkey - Getting Started

byJoe Winograd
19
AutoHotkey is an excellent, free, open source programming/scripting language for Windows. It started out as a keyboard/mouse macros product, but has expanded into a robust language. This article provides an introduction to it, with links to additional resources for EE members who want to learn more.
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Nine-Monitor Configuration

Keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys) to move mouse in multi-monitor configuration - AutoHotkey Script

byJoe Winograd
38
In configurations with multiple monitors, it can be difficult and time-consuming to move the mouse pointer to a particular monitor. This article presents a script written in AutoHotkey that defines hotkeys — such as Alt+Ctrl+1, Alt+Ctrl+2, etc. — to move the mouse easily and quickly to any monitor.
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Make Windows 8 Look Like Earlier Versions of Windows with Classic Shell 5m

Make Windows 8 Look Like Earlier Versions of Windows with Classic Shell

byJoe Winograd
2
Windows 8 comes with a dramatically different user interface known as Metro. Notably …
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File Manager is BACK!  The Windows NT4 File Manager has …

byLee W, MVP
1
File Manager is BACK!  The Windows NT4 File Manager has apparently gone open source and has been …
Article

Windows 8 and 8.1 Sysprep Guide

byIvano Viola
15
A lot has changed since the Introduction of Windows 7 and when I wrote my original article on Windows 7 Sysprep in 2010
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Beware of Dropbox Email Verification Notices! …

byLee W, MVP
Beware of Dropbox Email Verification Notices!
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More key findings from the Spectre and Meltdown patches.  …

bybtan
More key findings from the Spectre and Meltdown patches.

Microsoft found that users running …
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Hey, EE experts! Have you ever painstakingly typed out …

byColleen Kayter
4
Hey, EE experts! Have you ever painstakingly typed out step-by-step instructions in answer to a …
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Make Windows 10 Look Like Earlier Versions of Windows with Classic Shell 5m

Make Windows 10 Look Like Earlier Versions of Windows with Classic Shell

byJoe Winograd
18
Windows 8 came with a dramatically different user interface known as Metro. Notably missing …
Video
How to use the Windows Task Scheduler - An Introduction 4m

How to use the Windows Task Scheduler - An Introduction

byJoe Winograd
7
The Task Scheduler is a powerful tool that is built into Windows. It allows you to schedule …
Troubleshooting Solution

What are the options to most efficiently install Windows 10?

byAgrippa
76
Hi all,

Case:
I have a PC with a working Windows 10 Home installatie, upgraded from a Windows 7 …
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Detect USB Drive Insertion and Deletion - AutoHotkey Script

byJoe Winograd
2
This article presents an AutoHotkey (V1) script that detects when a USB drive is inserted or removed. It displays a pop-up dialog and makes a logfile entry in each case. It provides a system tray (notification area) icon with context menu choices to open the logfile or terminate (exit) the script.
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Create Report with Information on All Drives with Letters - AutoHotkey Script

byJoe Winograd
2
This article presents an AutoHotkey (V1) script that creates a plain text report with information about all drives in a system that have a drive letter, such as C, D, E, etc. The information in the report is Type of drive, Status, Capacity, Free Space, File System, Volume Label, and Serial Number.
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Toshiba laptop, Windows 8, Will not boot, File Corruption

byRichard Schierer
4

I have a Toshiba Satellite C55-A laptop with Windows 8.

When powered on it shows Toshiba Logo, then

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Frozen Keyboard – Win 8.1

byviki2000
57
I have a laptop Sony Vaio Model SVF152C29M (Product Name: SVF1521B4E) as described here:
…
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If you've ever provided Telephone or Remote support to non …

byAndrew Leniart
2
If you've ever provided Telephone or Remote support to non technically minded computer folks, I'll …

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